From recollection late last night, the difference is level of commitment and
skills.  Division 1 has a high level of commitment by the skill and generally
a high skill level on the part of the players, often with some other
collegiate hockey playing experience.  Division 1 teams will do some
traveling.  There was also some description on Division 2, in contrast to
Division 3, but I can't remember anything other than further difference in
skills.

Doug Peterson

On 15 Apr 2003 at 11:26, John Edwards wrote:

The ACHA is for club teams, so NCAA Divisions don't apply. Therefore,
teams may happen to be in the same ACHA Division as their NCAA
Division
would be, but not necessarily. Someone with a better ACHA background
than
me could probably explain the differences between their divisions.

You're right, the NCAA D-II Championship is gone. When it was
eliminated
(about 5 years ago - when the MAAC started and Bemidji and UAH
moved up),
the ECAC started a D-II Championship for its remaining teams. I'm not
even sure if it still runs anymore.

John